Starting the chile year

Happy New Year!

The start of a new chile pepper year! Some of us are more enthusiastic than others :-)

Getting the seeds. Ready to be planted.

It's great to have some help.

I realize that I can reuse the same picture every year. It looks the same. But anyway, these are the ones I started this year.

In total 17 chile varieties. I don't expect all them to make it, since some seeds are quite old. The oldest ones are 12 years old.

• Malagueta small Salvador 2001
• Cheiro Recife 2001
• Long chocolate habanero
• Peru Yellow '02
• Patricias
• CAP 1153 / 96
• Chilipiquin - Manor
• Timplin - Bird pepper
• Goatsweed '03
• Goat '06
• Cumari (Salvador) 2006
• PI 441624 Porta da rua, Aji Yuquitania
• Dedo de moca
• Another small rocoto
• Pequin from Ischia
• Indian frutescens
• Amarillear

More about this later! Wishing you all a good start of the new year!

    Mats

Happy New Year

Hi!

I've been silent for a long time. Mostly because there have not been much activity with the chile peppers.

I have kept one plant (until today), waiting for the pods to mature. So we had fresh "Patricia" / Pimenta cambuci today. That's what I call a late harvest :-)

So, with these words, I close 2012. Wishing you all a ....

Happy New Year

More later, next year :-)
   Mats

More canarios

Good morning!

Yesterday I got rid of the canario plant. It was way too big to fit in our living room. The final "harvest" looked like this.

So now we'll be eating canarios for a while. What a luxury. They do have a fantastic heat. Sometimes a little annoying heat, but very nice!

Now I only have one pepper plant left. It's a baccatum. No leaves left on the plant, but some pods. Waiting another week or so, to see if they will start to mature.

Wishing you all a great week to come!
   Mats

Canario

Hi!

Finally, finally, finally, finally!

The canarios are ready to be picked. I love the thick, juicy flesh of this Capsicum pubescens.

These four were part of our lunch today. I think I have read somewhere that another name for this variety is "gringo killer". They are not that hot, but can be a little challenging to eat as they are.

And there are more fruits on the plant. A very nice one. I think I will try to cut it down a lot, and try to overwinter it. To get a flying start in 2013.

Wishing you all a great week to come!

Hot regards,
  Mats

Some like it hot ...

No words needed... My favourite tea cup :-)

Take care,
   Mats

Aji norteño

Hi again!

I forgot about this picture. It's from yesterday, and shows one of my aji norteño that is maturing in a nice way.

Fabulous taste, even if they never got the chance to mature on the plant. Instead, they are in the fridge...

Keep it hot!
   Mats

Autumn colours

Hi again!

Another non-chile pepper related post :-)

We've had fantastic autumn weather, and I love the colours, so I want to share another picture with you. This picture is taken on Långholmen. One of my favorite places in central Stockholm.

Wishing you all a great week!
   Mats